FFA Summer Schools offer an opportunity to spend part of your summer creatively. Through these summer schools, you will learn about artistic techniques, develop your creative skills, and meet interesting people. FFA Summer Schools are open to the general public, beginners with an interest in and passion for art, as well as those interested in future study at art schools, who can familiarize themselves with the FFA environment and use the summer schools as part of their preparation for entrance exams.

CHINE-COLLÉ SUMMER SCHOOL: When one sheet of paper is not enough

The Summer School is intended for the general public interested in printmaking techniques and experimental approaches to printing. It offers a comprehensive introduction to the graphic process with a focus on the chine-collé technique, which expands traditional printmaking with new expressive possibilities. Participants will learn to work with delicate, often transparent papers that are glued onto a stronger support during printing, allowing detail, colour, and material texture to be combined in a single composition. They will become familiar with the technical aspects of the method, including the properties of papers such as Japanese washi and the use of traditional starch-based adhesives. The course is practice-oriented—from initial design and preparation of the printing matrix to final execution—and provides space for experimentation as well as the development of an individual visual language. The aim is to create a dialogue between experimentation and structured printmaking processes. Participants will leave the workshop not only with their own prints, but above all with practical skills and inspiration.

Basic information:

• Lecturer: MgA. Pavel Kytner
• Dates: 27–28 July 2026
• Scope: 12 teaching hours, daily 10:00–16:00
• Location: FaVU VUT, Kraví hora Campus, building 12 – Printmaking Studio, Rybkova 23
• Fee: 2,000 CZK, paid to account 111043273/0300, variable symbol 2602008 (please include FaVU/chine and your name in the note)
  The fee includes all materials and art supplies.

Applications for the Chine-Collé Summer School must be submitted via the online application form no later than 20 July 2026.
Please note that the application becomes binding only after payment of the course fee. A proof of payment must also be uploaded.

The online application form is currently available only in Czech. If you have any questions about filling it out, we’d be happy to help—please contact: Barbora.Sediva@vut.cz

Lecturer profile:

Pavel Kytner is a visual artist focusing primarily on drawing and printmaking techniques. His work explores a minimalist reduction of form on the boundary between realistic depiction and abstract image. He is long-term concerned with the relationship between natural and artificial environments and how these structures shape visual and emotional experience. These themes appear both in drawing and in intaglio printmaking techniques such as line etching and aquatint. He is a graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague (Graphic Arts Studio I), has completed a residency in Venice and residencies in France, and has received several awards in the Graphic of the Year competition.

Required knowledge:

No prior knowledge or experience is required.

Cancellation policy:

If you are unable to attend, you may find a substitute participant. Cancellations made within 14 days before the start are subject to a 20% fee. Later cancellations are non-refundable. The organiser may cancel the course due to insufficient enrolment, in which case the full fee will be refunded.

Contacts:

Content inquiries: qvkytner@vutbr.cz
Financial inquiries: eo@favu.vut.cz